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Mitholz: Swiss town faces 10-year evacuation over arms dump
2020-02-27
[BBC] A Swiss village may have to evacuate for over a decade while authorities clear a huge World War Two arms dump.

The defence ministry concluded last year that the cache posed an "unacceptable" risk to the nearby people of Mitholz.

Now, authorities say residents may have to leave while they clear the site.

"Depending on how the work develops, residents should expect the evacuation to last up to more than 10 years," the ministry said.

Residents would have to approve the plan to leave the area. A public consultation is under way to see how best to proceed.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Unexploded ordnance. The exploded shrapnel will make the UEX impossible to distinguish with metal detectors.
Posted by: Count Galeazzo Untervehr7098   2020-02-27 10:21  

#4  Cracking down on speech, now removing weapons caches; something going on in Switzerland we should know about?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-27 10:19  

#3  Why not evacuate for one day and try and set the cache off?
Then return later.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-02-27 10:03  

#2  Birthing forceps removal? Got to be more to this story.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-27 09:51  

#1  "up to more than ten years". So, 11? 20? 50? 1000? Forever?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-02-27 09:38  

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